Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 3:01 PM CDT for Barry County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2012, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barry County, MO, Stone County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Nw Jenkins, MO | |
| May 6, 3:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 4 Nw Kimberling City, MO | |
| May 6, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 E Kimberling City, MO | |
| May 6, 3:37 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 W Branson West, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 21 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
519
WUUS53 KSGF 062001
SVRSGF
MOC009-209-062045-
/O.NEW.KSGF.SV.W.0101.120506T2001Z-120506T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
301 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 300 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING ACROSS EASTERN BARRY COUNTY...AND MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL IMPACT TABLE ROCK LAKE.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIMBERLING CITY...CRANE...GALENA...REEDS SPRING...BRANSON WEST...
INDIAN POINT...SHELL KNOB...GOLDEN...WHEELERVILLE...ELSEY...CAPE
FAIR...LAMPE...SILVER DOLLAR CITY AND PONCE DE LEON.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ROARING RIVER STATE PARK AND TABLE ROCK
LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR TABLE ROCK LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO
SHELTER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN
ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 9391 3670 9382 3675 9386 3681 9387
3686 9380 3691 9370 3694 9334 3682 9334
3682 9331 3649 9332 3650 9399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 271DEG 12KT 3687 9368 3667 9365
3651 9368
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
CRAMER3 follow-up statements
699
WWUS53 KSGF 062015
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
315 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
MOC009-209-062045-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120506T2045Z/
BARRY MO-STONE MO-
315 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STONE AND
EASTERN BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 310 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS
EASTERN BARRY COUNTY...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIMBERLING CITY...CRANE...GALENA...REEDS SPRING...BRANSON WEST...
INDIAN POINT...ELSEY...CAPE FAIR...LAMPE...SILVER DOLLAR CITY AND
PONCE DE LEON.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ROARING RIVER STATE PARK AND TABLE ROCK
LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR TABLE ROCK LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO
SHELTER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN
ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9399 3665 9376 3673 9369 3686 9372
3690 9370 3694 9334 3682 9334 3682 9331
3650 9332 3649 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 271DEG 12KT 3687 9363 3667 9360
3651 9363
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
CRAMER249
WWUS53 KSGF 062026
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
326 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
MOC009-209-062045-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120506T2045Z/
BARRY MO-STONE MO-
326 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STONE AND
EASTERN BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 324 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CRANE TO 8 MILES WEST OF KIMBERLING CITY TO 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIMBERLING CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...ROOFS AND WINDOWS. MINOR TREE
DAMAGE...WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIMBERLING CITY...CRANE...GALENA...REEDS SPRING...BRANSON WEST...
INDIAN POINT...ELSEY...CAPE FAIR...LAMPE...SILVER DOLLAR CITY AND
PONCE DE LEON.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES TABLE ROCK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR TABLE ROCK LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO
SHELTER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN
ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3649 9344 3650 9376 3664 9366 3671 9360
3678 9361 3686 9363 3691 9362 3694 9334
3682 9334 3682 9331 3650 9332 3649 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 271DEG 12KT 3687 9358 3667 9355
3651 9358
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60 MPH
$$
CRAMER318
WWUS53 KSGF 062043
SVSSGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
343 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
MOC009-209-062054-
/O.EXP.KSGF.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120506T2045Z/
BARRY MO-STONE MO-
343 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STONE AND EASTERN BARRY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3649 9344 3650 9376 3664 9366 3671 9360
3678 9361 3686 9363 3691 9362 3694 9334
3682 9334 3682 9331 3650 9332 3649 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 271DEG 12KT 3687 9350 3667 9348
3651 9351
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 63 min |
| May 6, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 35 min |
| May 6, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 32 min |
| May 6, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dade | 35 min |
| May 6, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 52 min |
| May 6, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cedar | 33 min |
| May 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 3 hr |
| May 6, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Morgan | 32 min |
| May 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 41 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.